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No. 687,983. Patented Dec. 3, 190i. R. M. HARTNETT.

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(Application filed July 17, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROSE MARY HARTNETT, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\To. 687,983, datedDecember 3, 1901.

Application filed July 17, 1901. Serial No. 68,684. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RosE MARY HARTNETT, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Santa Barbara, in the county of Santa Barbara andState of Oalifornia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawlngs.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in boxes especiallyadapted for use as souvenirs; and its primary object is to providedevices of this character the lids of which each bears one of theletters of the alphabet thereon. The bodies of the boxes conform to theouter edges or contour of the letters on the cover, and one of theobjects is to so construct these bodies that any two or more of theboxes may be connected so as to form a monogram upon the cover.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully describedand claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing thepreferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the detached sections of a monogram-box. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the parts assembled, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionthrough the box.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, l is a box lid orcover upon which is arranged one of the letters of the alphabet. Thisletter may be molded, printed, or secured upon the cover, and a stem 2projects from each side thereof. These stems are open at their ends andare equidistant from the lower end of the letter. The cover of the boxconforms, as far as possible, to the shape of the letter thereon, andthe body 3 of the box is adapted to project into the cover and it alsoconforms thereto.

A stem 4 extends from each side of the boxbody, and they are so locatedas to be covered by the stem portions 2 of the lid. The stems at areopen at the ends, and a flap 5 is secured to and projects outward fromthe upper side of the right-hand stem 4 and the lower side of the stem 4upon the left of the box. These flaps are adapted to be provided with asuitable adhesive for the purpose here inafter more fully described.

Curved end pieces 6 are preferably employed for closing the unused stems4 of the boxes. These pieces are of any suitable shape,

and each is providedalong one side with an outwardly-projecting flap 7.

A box is formed for each letter of the alphabet, and when it is desiredto form a desired monogram-box the two boxes are placed in properrelation to each other and their adjacent flaps 5 are moistened. Thiswill soften the adhesive, and the flaps are then placed in the stems 4.When the flaps adhere to the stems, said stems will be held firmlytogether, thereby uniting the two boxes. The outer stems 4:, which arenot used, are then closed in a similar manner by means of the end pieces6. These pieces are preferably similar, so that by reversing them theycan be used either at the right or left end of the monogram. I haveshown no means for securing the two sections of the cover together.However, any suitable means may be employed for this purpose, ifdesired. It will be understood that three or more letters may be securedtogether to form a monogram.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein, and I therefore reserve the right tomake such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I therefore claim asnew,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a cover the outer edge of which conforms with acharacter upon said cover; of stems at the sides of the cover andequidistant from one end of the cover, a box conforming with, andadapted to project into, the cover, a stem at each side of the boxadapted to be covered by the stems of the cover, and securing-flapsextending from the box-stems.

2. The combination with a cover having a character thereon and a stem ateach side of the character; of a box conforming with, and adapted toproject into, the cover, an open stem at each side of the box, an endpiece,

and means for securing said piece to one of thestems.

3. A monogram-box formed of two or more boxes each comprising a coverhaving a character thereon, the edge of the cover conf0rming to theouter edge of the character, stems at the sides of the cover equidistantfrom one end of the cover, a. box conforming with, and adapted toproject into, the cover, an open stem at each side of the box andadapted to be covered by the stems of the cover, flaps extending fromthe box-stems whereby said boxes are secured together, end pieces, andflaps thereto for securing them to the outer stems of the monogram-box.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROSE MARY HARTNETT.

Witnesses:

CATHARINE HARTNETT, JESSIE MARY HARTNETT.

